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Why does India produce numerous Silicon Valley leaders yet remain in the relative wilderness when it comes to tech innovation and industry profits? Computing in the Age of Decolonization delivers an answer to this paradox. This marvelous book, written with clarity and verve by Dwaipayan Banerjee, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, excavates…

With so many modern-day devices dependent on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, scientists are hard at work trying to figure out ways of improving the tech — and a team from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) has just announced a significant breakthrough.

Another day, another Flock controversy. As if things couldn’t get any worse for the embattled maker of automatic license plate recognition (ANPR) cameras, hackers have just managed to extract 1.6 million images and 27,000 video clips from one of its systems — something Flock has previously claimed should be impossible.

TIANJIN — At the exhibition booth of Unissky (Nanjing) Technology, a four-legged inspection robot moved steadily, autonomously adjusting its movements when encountering obstacles and following predefined routes. Designed for inspection work in confined and hazardous spaces such as underground mines, the robot drew the attention of many visitors to the 2026 China Mining Conference and…

Trained to respond on its own to more than 200 different scenarios, including identifying suspicious or hostile behaviour, the AI Patrol Net-launch Robot Dog Pro was part of a showcase of high-tech police tools at the third Public Security Tech Expo held at Lianyungang in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu.

Fall has arrived, which means it finally feels nice enough to get outdoors and go on long walks. If you’re looking for a new pair of fall sneakers, Amazon has some of its best-selling shoes on sale. • Shop more daily deals at Amazon I’ve rounded up the best walking shoes on sale for men…

Tech CEOs: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Jensen Huang While several Silicon Valley billionaires, including Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, have reportedly sought closer ties with US President Donald Trump during his second term, it is Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang who has established himself as the…

A Bluetooth adapter may be all you need for wireless audio, while a CarPlay or Android Auto display can give an older dashboard a much bigger update.

From large model companies competing for algorithm engineers with high salaries, to tech giants offering “sky-high” compensations to top researchers, the price of talents has been constantly refreshing market perceptions. At the stage of rapid iteration of technical paths and extreme scarcity of core talents, a key employee may even affect the R&D rhythm and…

Not all employees of major firms working on artificial intelligence (AI) think the technology spells doom for humanity.